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Shareholder Sues AT&T Officers, Saying Oversight Failed in Bill Cramming Ca...
2016-03-17 12:42:22| Footwear - Topix.net
New York attorney Kenneth Eland has filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit against AT&T's officers and directors, reports the Dallas Morning News , "alleging that they knew or should have known that a billing practice called 'cramming' was illegal and would harm the business." The lawsuit lists AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson among the defendants, alleging that he and others breached their fiduciary duty to the company "by causing or allowing significant control gaps in the company's anti-cramming program."
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Deadline to cash in on cramming charges is Thurs
2015-12-29 23:14:52| Telecom - Topix.net
The FCC, along with the CFPB and state attorneys general, announced that Verizon Wireless would pay $90 million and Sprint Corporation would pay $68 million to settle investigations that revealed the companies billed customers millions of dollars in unauthorized third-party premium text messaging services. With these two cramming cases, the FCC, working together with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, and states' attorneys general has brought a total of $353 million in penalties and restitution against the U.S.'s four largest wireless carriers, structuring these settlements so that $267.5 million of the total will be returned to affected customers.
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Deadline to cash in on cramming charges is Thurs
2015-12-29 23:02:03| IT Services - Topix.net
The FCC, along with the CFPB and state attorneys general, announced that Verizon Wireless would pay $90 million and Sprint Corporation would pay $68 million to settle investigations that revealed the companies billed customers millions of dollars in unauthorized third-party premium text messaging services. With these two cramming cases, the FCC, working together with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, and states' attorneys general has brought a total of $353 million in penalties and restitution against the U.S.'s four largest wireless carriers, structuring these settlements so that $267.5 million of the total will be returned to affected customers.
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Want Some Cramming Settlement Cash From Verizon, Sprint? Hurry Up
2015-12-29 03:02:44| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Get your cash now. The deadline to file a claim is Dec. 31.
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Deadline for Sprint, Verizon "cramming" claims fast approaching
2015-12-29 02:31:05| Telecom - Topix.net
Consumers are facing a deadline to claim refunds from a $158 million federal settlement with Sprint and Verizon over unauthorized charges placed on wireless phone bills. The practice is known as "cramming."
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